Twenty one 10s! Now the less good news, one 5, two 6s and four 7s. ARGHHHHHH! Woulda coulda shoulda!
In truth, the only reason I went to tonight's 10m match is because.....I run it. Only one other shooter showed and he shot a pistol. I had not shot since March 11, the last match. Issues have kinda gotten in the way and 10m AR has kinda faded in my priorities. What a perfect time to shoot my top score of the season right? I shake my head in dismay. 531 with no practice! No real engagement. Go figure!?!?!?
I was very "muscle hold" at first which never turns out well. I knew it and worked hard to rediscover the right position and tension again. I had to relearn the trigger again as my 5 taught me! Let's face it, anything less than an 8 is pretty sad shooting and I had seven shots less than an 8!
Make it a game. There were times when things went right. Lanny says, "catch what you are doing right and do it again". Great advice. "Never give up" is another cardinal rule! Not sure who said that. When I shot a ten, I told myself, "do it again" on the next shot and let's see how many I can string together. Silly really. But, it made me FOCUS! I tried for three tens in a row once and failed but the fail was a 9. I tried it again and I got it (shots 26, 27, 28). 29 and 30 were both nines.See a pattern here?
Then, shots #55, 56, 57, 58 were all 10s. #59 and 60 were 9s. I guess by playing a game of trying to string tens together helped me focus. For any shooter, stringing 8s or just keeping it in the black could be the trick. When you do something right, work on repeating it and forget what went wrong. Now, if I could just get shot #51 back....it was a 5 For whatever reason I did not get setup right when moving to the new target. I know better and shot #52 was a 10!
2012-13 Season score log
#01 501 (81 81 84 85 82 88)
#02 515 (87 88 89 83 85 83) 11 7s or lower, 15 10x. previous practice 1x (3.6)
#03 485 (82 82 80 77 86 78) 19 7s or lower, 7 10x. Daisy pellets, reduced barrel weight.(3.6)
#04 494 (88 74 87 88 76 81) 14 7s or lower, 11 10x. JSB SCHaK pellets. First Tuesday night.(3.6)
#05 522 (89 88 90 88 82 88) 7 7s nothing lower, 11 10x. Many high value 9s! H&N + SCHaK (3.2)
#06 492 (75 85 76 84 86 86) 14 7s or lower, 6 10x. SCHaK (3.8)
#07 520 (88 84 90 86 87 85) 8 7s, 12 10x. SCHaK (3.8)
#08 490 (75 85 76 84 86 84) not worth noting. SCHaK (3.8) Guest shooter.
#09 516 (91 87 86 82 86 84) 11 7s, 13 10x. SCHaK (3.8) Must stamp out 7s!
#10 513 (88 85 89 85 86 80) 9 7s or worse, 9 10x. SCHaK (3.8) Stock shorter
#11 518 (83 92 83 87 85 87) 8 7s, 1 6, 12 10x. H&N (3.8)
#12 502 (82 85 87 84 77 87) H&N (3.8) fist
#13 512 (91 83 84 78 83 93) H&N (3.8) fist. I shot a 3 on target 4. ugh!
#14 526 (87 93 90 89 85 82) H&N (3.6) fist. 14 10x
#15 525 (92 86 84 85 90 88) H&N (3.6) fist. 17 10x!
#16 531 (79 88 93 91 91 89) H&N (3.6) fist. 21 10x!
I have done something similar. Went to a match after had pulled my back in the gym just a week earlier. Moving and walking was still painful and hadn't trained since it happened. Ended up with a new personal record, totally unexpected...
ReplyDeleteI think it happens because you are slightly detached from what's going on and "just do". No expectations means you are free to do what you're suppose to do. On the other hand, there's of course a breaking point where it won't work anymore. Being off training for a month, or injured, should mean shooting and scores are less than perfect. That happened to me too, but shooting well when the circumstances were against it are more common than expected (I have at least 3 records under tricky situations)
Congrats on your season best!